Megan Fox: Stay Away From Dairy

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Don't get us wrong—we love Megan Fox. The former Cosmo cover girl seems to have it all: A cute hubby, new baby, and awesome career. But she passed on some health advice recently that doesn't quite add up.

At a This Is 40 premiere, Megan made it pretty clear that she's anti-dairy. "The biggest diet tip: Try and stay away from dairy—especially if you're a woman," she said. "It's really hard on your hormones."

Huh. We'd always heard that it's really important for women to have dairy, so we consulted Cosmo Radio women's health expert Jennifer Wider, MD, for her take.

According to Dr. Wider, the recommended daily calcium intake for women who are 19 to 50 is 1,000 milligrams (one eight ounce cup of milk has about 300 mg of calcium, btw). And the biggest sources of calcium come from dairy—cheese, milk, etc. If you don't get enough calcium, you risk screwing up your bones, teeth, and hair, and well, that's not pretty.

Sure, if you're lactose intolerant you have to get calcium from sources like dark green leafy veggies, salmon, tofu, and foods fortified with the stuff. But, for the rest of us, it's good to balance out dairy with these other sources.